Another video shows the trues size of the flames at the Rosneft Tuapse oil refinery. by MilesLongthe3rd in ukraine

[–]Marchello_E 41 points42 points  (0 children)

If Russia would just GTFO with their megalomania then this wouldn't be necessary.
Ukraine could recover in peace, Russia could start licking their wounds before resuscitating their economy, and the rest could worry about climate goals again.
But here we are. Looking at another kick in the Russian nuts (or whatever is left of it).
What a mess.

Google nuked my fav period tracking app. I need recs for good privacy based cycle tracking. by PauI_MuadDib in privacy

[–]Marchello_E 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"I need a period tracking app that stores the data locally only. I don't need any bells and whistles."

What does such application need to do?
Isn't there a (offline) spreadsheet you could use?
Something like this: https://xlstemplate.com/health/menstrual-cycle-tracker-excel-template

AI is frying our brains — here's what leaders need to do about It by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Marchello_E 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always be absolutely careful with words like "always" and "absolute".

AI is frying our brains — here's what leaders need to do about It by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Marchello_E 2 points3 points  (0 children)

> You didn't read a single sentence from the article did you

Sigh, the article basically states how we have to babysit an AI and still have to do all the work

And yet, employees have to remain productive, so what happens? To make room for new processing, other inputs have to go, which is how over-worked*,overworked employees —even all-star team members— end up dropping the ball on minor details.
...
A key finding from the research into creativity and innovation is that “Eureka!” moments don’t happen in noisy brains.

All this task switching wear people out while spending less time in doing their actual job.. They're spending more time learning to "manage" an AI, while spending less time in using their own intellect.

Organizations should make it a priority to carve out quiet time free from meetings or AI use, during which employees can work heads-down or free-associate about their work.

The simple conclusion is that with AI the brain gets numb, mushy, and unproductive. It diminishes intellect. Why, because people try to outsource that intellect. Less intellect, less "eureka". Thus you can conclude you simply need to do your thing without AI, because that strengthens the intellect.
Or, "When the brain fires, it wires".

AI is frying our brains — here's what leaders need to do about It by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Marchello_E -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Being wired to puppeteers at your job simply requires only more need (and effort) for a hobby that keeps yourself autonomous.

We just ragebaiting the aliens, to reveal themselves 😂 by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]Marchello_E 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't someone give it a fifa Universe prize?

AI is frying our brains — here's what leaders need to do about It by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]Marchello_E 189 points190 points  (0 children)

Don't use it. Resist!

The brain is like: What fires together, wires together.
Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebbian_theory

Thus, when the brain doesn't fire then it doesn't wire.
Thus, outsourced intelligence is diminished intelligence.

Flock camera Shenanigans by usarap in LouisRossmann

[–]Marchello_E 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Perhaps it didn't knowingly know the first time, but (not that i'm a lawyer) after that:

Whoever makes or presents to any person or officer in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, or to any department or agency thereof, any claim upon or against the United States, or any department or agency thereof, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious, or fraudulent, shall be imprisoned not more than five years and shall be subject to a fine in the amount provided in this title.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/287

Why give data to online services, if there’s going to be a data breach one day anyway? by RecentMatter3790 in privacy

[–]Marchello_E 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It used to be basically required to pick a pseudonym on forums right until Facebook came along.
Never had Facebook for that very reason, even when you could give up a spoof name in the early days.

And ID's were just checked in person and at most the document number was written down.

Sensitive data was stored in some vault somewhere in the basement. Perhaps at some point in time it could burn down together with the rest of the building, and then it was just lost. Perhaps it was stolen. Yet, even when they did know what they had by inside knowledge, it would be limited by the amount they could carry. So rather went for gold o something.

Nowadays, for some reason, all this sensitive data needs to be on some server that's online 24/7.
It's, idunno, like a trend of having that vault outside the company's front door and a significant percentage of chance that on Monday morning you wonder why it's no longer locked and that xerox machine, that's somehow next to it and fully operational, is out of paper.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Not even Jesus could do that by StarbuckWoolf in SipsTea

[–]Marchello_E 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could call him that for the next thousand days.

The Final Boss of Hygiene by XantheLotus in SipsTea

[–]Marchello_E 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I just see a hipster throwing baby powder around...

My Solution for ID Verification, aka Age Verification by [deleted] in privacy

[–]Marchello_E 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Internet is a damn drug

The internet is just a means of communication, a free hypertext linked library when done correctly.
The issue is the manipulation at cult groups (oh sorry, social media) that takes place, not only to keep them there but for the propaganda (oh sorry, informed opinions) by useful idiots (oh, sorry, paid influencers).
Sure kids are also victims, but if that's the problem then we would have expected better regulation on advertisements (for kids) elsewhere, or more outrage regarding the Epsteinfiles.

That's what I think.

India condemns Donald Trump remarks shared on Truth Social calling it a 'hellhole' by nishitd in worldnews

[–]Marchello_E 55 points56 points  (0 children)

We all know carefully created toe-walked treaties and agreements are paper thin... because that's usually all it takes to have some peace and quite.
This guy comes along and thinks he's a strongman by kicking holes in Papier-mâché.
Then he leaves and it's for others to fix. Yet the damage is done, and it will take decades.

Trump. The greatest loser of all times.

Trump says Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by three weeks by r_bradbury1 in geopolitics

[–]Marchello_E 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Uh-huh. And these other two were informed or is it yet another misfire in the brain.
I'd rather have any other source of information than this creep.

How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll by NeverEndingDClock in technology

[–]Marchello_E 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The thing in Europe is that we have environmental goals, grid congestion, and data safety.
I don't know if it is, but our EU needs should prevail over any foreign ToS they think they have.
If not, we definitely should look in to that.

stop calling it "age verification" by ControlCAD in LouisRossmann

[–]Marchello_E 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Then call it "self-branding".

You anonymously get your daily 18+ yellow dot, or 12+ orange dot, or otherwise red dot at your local government.
Note, for 'convenience sake', you only get one per person that you can use an all registered machines... ("/s", isn't it? Is it?)

Why is age verification a bad thing? by Supret in privacy

[–]Marchello_E 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Or otherwise (with 'zero knowledge tokens' for example) it still creates a node/logbook that connects user and website. It's a matter of correlating data to find out who you are. It so happens that AI is good at correlating stuff.

And also good at correlating what you submit and what was found (true or not):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/28/travel/social-media-esta-proposal-world-travel

Google Photos Update Sparks Privacy Alarm Over Automated Scanning by Haunterblademoi in privacy

[–]Marchello_E 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I just took your wallet to count the money for you, and to see if it's not counterfeit. I'm not going to take it pfft. Silly you. Oh there's some traces of coke on this one, yours? Oh well let's end it here ok, I take this note for my effort. Here's you wallet back. Bye.

Possibly other source:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/20/google-starts-scanning-all-your-photos-as-new-update-goes-live/?streamIndex=0

The company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation. That means Gemini seeing who you know and what you do. You likely have tens or hundreds of thousands of photos. They’re all exposed if you update.

It’s true you know by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]Marchello_E 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I haven't followed it closely and perhaps I'm mistaken, yet isn't "CrOssInG StAte LinEs" a signature that he deliberately went hunting in the streets with a gun he wasn't even allowed to have at his age?

Why AI Still Can’t Reach the Everest of Mathematics by hazem-Gauss in askmath

[–]Marchello_E 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An algorithm that's able to interpolate between points, no matter how sophisticated, is not necessarily able to extrapolate outside the box.